Keywords
Emergencies
Spinal cord trauma
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Abstract
Objective: Understanding and portray the nursing care provided to patients victims of raquimedular trauma. Methods: This is an integrative review of the literature, through the analysis of research on the theme proposed in the period of publications between 2009 and 2019. Results: The review showed that the nurse become a protagonist in patient care, acting according to the needs and planning of specific and individualized care for Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) patients and their families, which requires the professional to continuously seek knowledge about the three moments that the patient faces: the immediate post-trauma, hospitalization, and rehabilitation. Final considerations: It become fundamental, therefore, the nursing professional seeks to be permanently updated, in order to guarantee a better care plan, being integralized and individualized according to his needs, assuring him a better adaptation to the imposed limitations and his reinsertion in the society.